Pardew: Cabaye's staying put unless PSG or Arsenal can come up with £25m... he's one of the best in the world after all

Alan Pardew has not given up hope of Yohan Cabaye staying at Newcastle United, if Arsenal or Paris St Germain cannot reach their £25million valuation.

The Newcastle United manager insists his club will not sell the France international unless they received the full value for a player who cost £5million from Lille two years ago and was described by Pardew as `one of the best players in the world’.

Cabaye was pulled out of the Newcastle side which was thrashed at Manchester City on Monday night and with Cheick Tiote certain to miss West Ham’s visit to St James’s Park on Saturday with a hamstring injury, Newcastle are hoping the midfielder is in the right frame of mind to face former Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce’s side.

Uncertain future: Yohan Cabaye has been linked with a transfer to Arsenal or Paris St Germain

Pardew, who was unable to hide his anger and disappointment at Arsenal’s bid in the build-up to the 4-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium, says it is important Cabaye still feels a part of the Newcastle squad, in case an exit from Tyneside does not materialise.

But he insists that Newcastle will be the winners in this latest transfer saga to hit the club during a difficult summer which has seen them land just one senior player in Loic Remy, who has an outside chance of being included on the bench tomorrow as he recovers from a calf strain.

Pardew said: 'The most important thing about this whole scenario is that the club wins. The club has to win here, no-one else. That is what comes first on my shift. I am manager of this football club and will do what is best for the club. So if he stays, we need to get the best out of him.

Frustrated figure: Alan Pardew is concerned about the prospect of losing possibly his best player

'You cannot go on a forecourt of a car showroom and say to the dealership, `here is my valuation is and I'm just going to drive it off’. It does not work like that. You have got to agree (a price) and only then can you drive it off. We have had one bid and it was not acceptable.

'Cabaye is a great player. In my opinion, he is one of the best in the world in that position and I have worked with Michael Carrick and (Javier) Mascherano, so I like to think I know.

'I have a good relationship with Yohan. I think it is important that it stays a good relationship for him and for me and for this club. And there has to be a way back for Yohan as well. So I have to be very careful in these next 10 days where there is a solution and he moves on but there is also a solution that he continues to play for us. Therefore I have to be seen to be fair and to be managing the whole picture.'

Earlier this week, Pardew met owner Mike Ashley and director of football Joe Kinnear to discuss their options in the remaining 10 days of the transfer window.

Kinnear in particular has come under fire from supporters for failing to land the club’s major targets, other than striking an on-loan deal for Remy, who was injured when he arrived from QPR.

The Newcastle boss added: 'We have to react to the market. If we were Man City and need a striker, we just go out and pay £37million for one and everyone else has to react on the back of that.

'If we were to sell one of our big players, which would generate funds, we might split it into two and use the finance to replace him and strengthen in another position.

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'The bottom line is that we have a procedure in place to get transfers in and now Joe is directly the in-line manager for the board and Mike, the owner, so therefore I request to him what I think the team needs and he has to try to get them over the line. We all work together to do that.

'There is a process where he comes in but the proof is in the pudding really and we have to make sure we get one or two transfers over the line before deadline.’

'This has been a particularly poor week on a number of levels. But you get that. Sometimes adversity comes, so let's get it out of the way, let's sort ourselves out and make sure we are ready to rumble in the 37 games left.'